Improvement in wash-boards



T. KEHOB Wash-Board.

' Pafented May 20,1879.

I a r a! I! drill/Ill JJVVEJVTOR WW fi, ATTORJV'L m UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

THOMAS KEHOE, OF OWENSBOROUGH, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,630, dated May 20,1879; application filed March 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS KEHOE Of Owensborough, in the county ofDaviess and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wash-Boards; and I do hereby declare that the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and toletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective of mywash-board; and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, partly brokenaway.

This invention has relation to wash-boards; and consists in theimprovements in the construction of the same, hereinafter fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, I employ the ordinary frame, with thesides, back, and soapbox. In one side I provide a recess to receive theinner edge of the board, and in the other side a mortise or slot,covered by a hinged door with spring-catch, allows the insertion andretention of the said board. The inner lower corner of the soap-box isbeveled toward the center, and a channel is provided, which leads to agroove in the back of the frame, to carry off the drippings from thesoap-box.

This latter feature is not novel, as substantially the same means forthe escape of the drippings from the soap-box is' shown in Patent No.193,570, July 24, 1877.

Each board is provided with two difl'erentially-roughened faces, and anyrequired number of boards may be used with one frame.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent the sides; B, the back; b, thecross-bar which forms the lower portion of the soap-box O, and b thelower cross-bar.

In the inner surface of the side A, I provide a mortise or recess, a,which receives the inner edge of the board D; and in the side A is aslot, a, through which is inserted the board D, the same being held inplace by a hinged door, E, having a spring-catch, e. The boards D areinterchangeable, and have each two rubbing-faces of difterentdegrees ofrou ghness.

The bar I) is beveled at m and grooved at 00, to lead the drippings fromthe soap-box 0 through the groove 00' in the back, and through theaperture mfiin the cross-bar b in to the tub.

The operation of my invention is obvious.

I do not broadly claim removable interchangeable rnbber boards, or thosehaving two roughened faces, as they are well known to the trade.

I claim as my invention The frame herein described, consisting of theside A, having recess a, side A, having slot a, back B, soap-box G, andhinged door E, having spring-catch e, constructed and adapted to servewith interchangeable boards with differentially roughened rubbingsurfaces, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS KEHOE.

Witnesses:

CHRIsT. HERMANN, NICHOLAS MIsoHEL.

